Hose-stand



B. E. RICO.

HOSE STAND.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.26, ms.

Patented June 10, 1919.

. INVENTOR 1 E5975 F100.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Application filed August 26, 1918. Serial No. 251,444.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bnn'r E. R100, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles,

State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose- Stands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates primarily to a stand for garden hose or the like and it hasfor its object to provide a stand for holding the nozzle in the desired sitions while sprinkling water in irrigatmg and the like.

Another object is to rovide a stand which will be cheap, simp e in construction and operation and which will hold the nozzle in a number of difierent positions with out alterations.

A still further object is to provide a device of the above character which will hold the nozzle without being fastened in the ground.

Other objects and advantages will a pear hereinafter and while I have shown and will describe my (preferred form of my invention it will be un erstood that I do not limit myself to such preferred form but that various changes an adaptations may be made therem without departing from the spirit of my invention. v

In the drawings accompanying and formin a part of this application:

igure 1, is 'a side elevation ofmy holder.

Fig. 2, is a to plan of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4, an 5 are views show' difierent applications of my stand in positions of;

use.

Referring to the drawings my device comprises a le gieoe of wire or the like bent centrally 0 its ength into oneor more convolutions 6 and then ha an oppositel di loop or semicircle bent in eac of its legs immediately below said convolu- 'tions,=the wire at the termination of these loo being then crossed in a parallel plane an the legs 8 and 9 being thenbent to extend at an angllle rearwardly and downwardly. Pivot y mounted on one of thelegs 8 1s a swm cross bar 10 which bar has formed cen y of its length wardly curved loop 11, opening downthen released and the resiliency of the conanup wardly. Bar 10 extends across the space between the legs and its free end is adapted to bear against the other leg 9 to retain the nozzle in its position of use. i

In the use of my stand the endof the hose is first positioned within the loop 11. The

legs of the stand are then forced together I which forced the loops 7 away from each other thereby enlarging'the opening therebetween so that the end of the nozzle may be passed into said opening. The legs are volutions 6 forces the-same apart thereb causing the loops 7 to move toward ea other and grip the nozzle between them thereby securely retaining said nozzle in position for use.

The operation of the stand as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, will be obvious from the above and it will also be obvious that various other applications of my stand may bemade without altering the device.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A stand for hose formed from a single piece of wire bent centrally of its length to em a plurality of convolutions and having its le extending downwardly and being provi ed with oppositely disposed loops at the termination of said convolutions, said legs being crossed at the termination of said loops and then being bent at an obtuse angle; and a cross bar pivotally mounted on said' obtuse angled legs provided centrally of its le h with a downwardly 0 loop, the ee' end of said bar being adapted to rest upon the upper face of the other leg. A ose stand formed from a 'singe pi v of wire bent centrally of its length to o a convolution and having its legs at the termination of said convolution bent to.

form oppositely I 100 and then crossed and then bent to exten at an obtuse BERT a. 3100.

bar being adapted to 

